100
my cousin recently did a post of 100 things about herself. I think it is an interesting idea… To quote a friend , I do this for me, not for you–I think it will be enlightening. Probably much more for me than for anyone who reads it. So
1. working for my dad was one of the best things in my life
2. I am an inconsistent insomniac
3. I like HD
4. I have failed more classes in college than I should have
5. retaking classes is harder than it sounds.
6. I miss lifting
7. I learned a little piano, and even less guitar.
8. I like the Simpsons
9. I don’t get really excited about…anything.
10. I like reading
11. One summer I had a doctor diagnose me with acid reflux and carpel tunnel… I wouldn’t let him tell me I have sleep apnea
12. I think dentists are scam artists.
13. I remember lots of little bits of useless information
14. I love my wife
15. I wish I went camping more
16. I miss my jeep. (I’ll get it back someday)
17. I used to love The Never Ending Story. I watched it recently, and it was great–reliving my childhood
18. I am the second of 5 children
19. my kids are cute
20. I’m into technology
21. I don’t really get buyer’s remorse. I usually plan out my purchases pretty well.
22. I eat more than I should
23. I like my job, but I usually feel like I am missing something important.
24. I love burgers.
25. I speak Portuguese
26. for all the time I spend at a computer, I don’t type that well.
27. I’m going bald, but my hair comes and goes with stress, if I ever relax, I bet it would fill in a lot.
28. I wanted to minor in psychology–but it probably won’t happen.
29. I beat the original Myst in a week.
30. At one point in my life I could bench press over 315 lbs, squat 585 lbs, and clean press 305 lbs.
31. Music is my aeroplane. (I don’t fly much lately)
32. With the traveling I’ve done, I think that Utah, especially southern Utah, has some of the best scenery.
33. I don’t kick when I swim.
34. I walk different than most people. I step on the outside of my foot and I don’t push off with my toes. My flip-flops don’t usually flip.
35. I like conspiracy theories.
36. I miss living close to my family.
37. I’m bad at spelling.
38. I am 5′9″
39. I’m a sagittarius–and don’t really care
40. I’ve had two casts in my life, both were for broken growth plates.
41. I’m right handed
42. My mom makes great homemade bread. I don’t like it.
43. I like driving
44. The poetry I had to write for school was pretty good. The poems I have written spontaneously since then, are usually dark.
45. I like songs with non words. Usually. “Coo coo ka choo Mrs Robinson”
46. I read a lot of engadget, but I’m disappointed they sold out to sony.
47. I hate Sony
48. I like playing Xbox live with my brothers, I don’t like playing with strangers.
49. I enjoy writing tech articles.
50. I’m half way done
51. Most people (including Em) glaze over when I talk about tech stuff.
52. I enjoy laughing.
53. I like my dad’s sense of humor.
54. My mom and I have stayed up all night talking, lots of times.
55. I’m resourceful.
56. My favorite color is black.
57. I really like a Portuguese band called Silence 4
58. I wasn’t very good at football
59. I’m more politically inert than I should be–than I wish I was.
60. School has jaded me.
61. I used to skip over skittles in vending machines, subconsciously they seemed too expensive. (probably that my dad just preferred M&Ms)
62. I can drink water really fast
63. I had an imaginary friend growing up, his name was Jack Harrison.
64. I have been to Europe
65. I think I was pepper sprayed near the Eiffel Tower
66. I am deeply religious
67. I like leaving phone messages
68. I am right-handed
69. Here’s my take on Europe: if you want to see tourist sites–go to Paris. If you want history–go to Rome. If you want a European experience–go to Venice (and make sure you eat the icecream).
70. I broke my shoulder in 8th grade and was misdiagnosed.
71. I backed a rototiller into my leg.
72. I poked myself in the eye with a stick (breaking firewood) and punctured my eyeball. Literally a fraction of an inch from losing my sight in that eye.
73. A chicken attacked me when I was little–I think it was aiming for my eye.
74. I enjoy reading classics. I really enjoyed Swiss Family Robinson
75. I like watching movies over and over.
76. I should go to bed.
78. I’m lucky I had a big sister.
79. I have an active imagination
80. I’m all about justification… unfortunately the bad kind.
81. my bark is bigger than my bite
82. I have a guardian angel
83. I have three younger brothers, but I’ve never really felt like their big brother. just their brother.
84. The color of my eyes change based on lighting and what I’m wearing. I also have spots in my irises
85. I’m not a good friend. I don’t keep in touch well.
86. I have short, fat fingers.
87. I learned to cook without recipes. Probably not fantastic, but I can usually make what sounds good to me using what I’ve got.
88. On standardized tests I always did really well on reading comprehension, and poorly on math computation.
89. Growing up I used grown-up’s first names too much. Portuguese culture taught me more respect, and now I have a hard time calling my inlaws by their first names.
90. I think rain on a freshly shaved (”Bic’ed”) head is one of the most amazing tactile sensations you will ever feel.
91. Waterfalls are my favorite thing in nature.
92. I climbed half dome.
93. I don’t deserve my wife
94. I’m happy with my life
95. When I get really tired, I can hear my thoughts.
96. My hands and feet blister easily. I really have had a blister on a blister. My feet have had over 20 blisters on them at the same time before.
97. I take pride in doing a good job. I think my Dad taught me that.
98. I can read and interact well with most people, I think I get that from my Mom
99. I don’t buy into birth order. I love my older sister (who is a natural leader), but I refuse to accept that I need to be a follower because I wasn’t born first.
100. I’m laid back.
Well that’s it. I’ve fought the urge to edit and rearrange the list but I’ll leave it as is–which isn’t really a good start and stop point necessarily. I originally wasn’t planning on making the list, but one night I couldn’t sleep and just started writing to clear my head… so I sort of started in the middle of my list and filled in some of the gaps here and there. I also realized that the real complexities of who I am are either to difficult, or too personal to write out like this– but at least it got me thinking.
March 27th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Hey,
I can drink water fast too! I loved the list. Come on, even though it took some time, aren’t you glad you did it?
March 27th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
I love reading about you! I love all those things.
-Em
April 14th, 2008 at 1:12 am
Mark I loved you list!!! I didn’t know you had done one, Crystal just told me. I thought you quit this site when you started the one with Em. I loved the series of the golf. You have such a cute sense of humor. It is different from your dad’s, but I’m sure that is how it got started. You know I love your laugh, our all night talks, and just being around you. I love your family. I am very proud of you and who you are. Have a great day. Love Mom
May 8th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Mark, You don’t HAVE a bite. Funny thing. I was raised to show respect to my elders by NEVER calling them by their first name. When I got married, I had a problem. Didn’t want to call my in-laws “Mom” and “Dad”. I already had some. Seemed a little disrespectful to my own. But I still (31) years later, struggle calling them by their first names (well, Lark’s gone so really just Genevieve). It was extremely awkward for years. I tried not to call them anything. PLEASE, call me Julie. Also, what a prolific writer you are. You should publish. Seriously.